Collar display holder



' 1950 M. WALD ET AL COLLAR DISPLAY HOLDER Filed March 22, 1947INVENTORS MORTON WALD JULIUS BROOKS BY JOHN LEAMAN ATTORNEY PatentedJan. 17,

2,495,153 COLLAR DISPLAY HOLDER Morton Wald, New York, and JuliusBrooks,

Brooklyn, N. Y., and Minn; said Brooks as New York, N. Y.

Application March 22, 2 Claims. (01. 223-83) This invention relates to acollar display holder for use in displaying shirts with collars thereon.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a collar dis-playholder with an opening in the top whereby access can be had to the frontportion of the collar holder to permit the. easy fixing or fastening ofthe top button of the shirt.

It is another object of the present invention to provide on the holderan easy handle which will be attractively disposed across the top of theholder and by which the collar holder can be extracted from the shirt.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide means onthe bottom edge of the holder which will extend laterally into the sidesof the shirt whereby to better retain the collar holder in itsattachment with the shirt and to prevent its displacement therefrom.

According to the invention, there has been provided a collar holder withan opening in the top and a strip extending across the top from one sideto the other either in a diagonal or straight manner to serve as theattractive display for advertising matter and also as a handle by whichthe holder can be extracted from the shirt and wherein between thehandle, there are openings through which access can be had to facilitatethe fixing of the top button of the shirt under the holder.

According to a modified form of the invention, there are providedprojections which extend laterally from the bottom edges of the holderso as to provide a better attachment of the holder with the shirt.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view looking upon the front of a collar holderwherein there is a portion extending diagonally across the top andwherein there are openings by which access can be had to the interior ofthe holder to fasten the button.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of the form of the invention shown inFig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention inwhich there are a transversely extending handle portion and an inwardlyextending flange whereby to stiffen the top part of the holder.

John Leaman, Duluth, signor to Ira Silvcrman,

1947, Serial No. 736,528

Fig. 4 shows either one of these holders shown in Fig. 1 and 3 insertedin a shirt to display the collar thereof.

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3,looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Fig. 6 is a modified form of the invention including projections adaptedto extend laterally into the shirt whereby to better fix the holder tothe shirt.

Fig. '7 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line l-'I of Fig.6, looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

' Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

It! represents a holder having a depending side wall H on the front ofwhich is a notch l2 adapted to fit over the front button of a neck bandtype shirt. In the rear of the wall is a second notch l3 adapted toreceive a collar button if the shirt being displayed is of the neck bandtype. Across the top of the side wall and disposed in a diagonal fashionis a handle portion [5 on which advertising matter can be displayed. Bythe use of the handle l5, the holder can be inserted and extracted fromthe shirt collar.

Referring now particularly to the form of the invention shown in Fig. 3,it will be noted that there is provided a handle portion l6 whichextends straight across the holder and wherein there are providedopenings l1 and l8 at the opposite sides of the handle it so that thehand can be inserted into the holder for fixing the top button of theshirt of the neck band type which will lie within a notch I9 in thefront of a depending wall 2| of the holder. In order to give morerigidity to the holder, there is provided an inwardly extending flange22 which will not interfere with the openings l1 and ill but at the sametime will provide a more rigid holder piece. Both of these holders aswith the old style holders are formed of celluloid and have a glossyfinish thereon. Printed matter can be disposed thereon with gold orlight colored letters.

Referring particularly to Fig. 4, it will be noted that the holder isreadily inserted within the collar of a shirt and will keep the sameretained in an upright manner while the shirt is bein displayed in astore window. The shirt is indicated at 23 and is suitably folded so asto properly display the shirt and at the sime time to minimize the spacewhich is consumed by it. Referring now particularly to Figs. 6 and '7,there is shown a still further form of the invention wherein theradially inwardly extending flange 22 is utilized with a diagonallyextending handle portion I5. An opening I9 is provided to permit accessto the top button of the shirt. On the depending wall, there areprovided a plurality of laterally extending projections 24 which willextend into the shirt material and better retain These projections 24 donot in any way interfere with the opening [9 through which access isgained to the shirt button.

While we have preferred coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

illustrated and described the opposed semi-circular openings dividingoff a handle by which a grip can be had on the holder for pulling itoutof the collar against the hold MORTON WALD.

JULIUS BROOKS.

JOHN LEAMAN. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record inthe file of this patent:-

UNI'IED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,063,547 Gibbons o Dec. 8,1936' 2,128,421 Lewenberg 1 Aug. 30,1938 2,147,576 Harpman Feb. 14, 1939FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 468,272 Great Britain July 1, 1937

